It has been a while since I did a Five Minute Friday with The Gypsy Mama and I have missed it. So, I am giving it a shot today. Write for 5 minutes…no editing, no thinking long about what I am writing, no analyzing…just writing from the heart and see where God takes it.
REAL
A scary word…to be real. To let your true self shine. What you would rather hide from the world.
Real…how important it is to be real to get past our struggles and fears. To help someone else in their struggles. To see we all struggle daily in this journey of life.
Letting go of the facade of having it all together. Having a group of friends and LifeGroup partners to be your true self with. Sharing your struggles, your burdens, your pain.
To be able to bond with sisters who are all being real and searching for joy and healing. Getting on our knees, crying, seeking the only REAL help that will gives us peace, guidance, healing. Because what we deal with everyday is real and we can’t make it on our own.
Being real with the dear ones who read this blog…that I don’t have it all together… I struggle, I fail, I have a messy house, I forget to cook dinner, or start the laundry. I run out of clean forks and lose shoes. I lose my patience with my kids and I am selfish. I am just now getting Christmas decorations down {sigh}.
This is me. A mess. But a mess who is seeking the only One who can help the imperfect, real me. And knowing that God loves the messy me and is patient with me. Knowing that I should follow His example and be patient with those I love and those around me, because they have real messes in their lives too.
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Mary
Right you are in the how important it is for us to authentically real…in so many different ways. I feel challenged in my “real life” to be more so, in spite of past hurts or mistakes.
So glad you linked back up with Lisa-Jo this week. This is an amazing community!
Thanks for stopping by! Enjoyed your post as well!
I am a “mess” with you . . . and so thankful that God knows the “real” me – He knows my “real” heart and what how my intentions are “real” even when I fail. And even our messes His glory can come shinning through!
Enjoyed reading your words!
glad I’m not the only mess out there walking around 🙂 and as you say, to bond with sisters who share this “real”… the best.
We’re all a bit of a mess, I think. Some of us are just more real about our messes, that’s all. I’m right there with ya’! Mess and all. 🙂
Ever notice how the speakers or the posts that you most enjoy are the ones who show their imperfections? My is it that I find in encouragement in knowing that you too, forget to start dinner?
I love reading the blogs of the real women out there, and knowing that I’m not the only one who forgot to start the laundry, or started it but left it in the washer so long it had to be washed again. thanks for sharing! Glad I stopped by!
Thanks Mary – though we know both you and I have reasons for the decorations still being up 🙂
I love when we have friends we CAN be real with! That we know will love and encourage, instead of judge or gossip!
Praying for your family and healing!
I don’t know how Christian women make it if they can’t be real with each other. Sometimes it’s hard, but it’s worth it 🙂 🙂 Plus, when we’re real with each other, for me personaly at least, it’s easier to show the love of Christ to others, because there’s no facade in the way. Thanks for the great encouragement. Love and hugs from the ocean shores of California, Heather 🙂
We run out of forks and lose shoes at our house, too! (And even just now, as I was typing this comment, I realized I forgot to switch the wet laundry into the dryer earlier; thanks for the reminder!)
I love this post because you’re right: being real is more important than being perfect, and that’s such a refreshing perspective!
Hopping in from Bloggity Blog to say hello! http://my-bloggityblog.blogspot.com/
Just found you through one of the link-ups. What a great post, and yes, being real is so important!
When you get a chance, stop by my blog and say hi 🙂